Caguas, Puerto Rico
| Caguas, Puerto Rico | |||
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| Autonomous Municipality of Caguas | |||
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| Nickname(s): "La Ciudad del Turabo" (Turabo Valley), "La Ciudad Criolla" (Creole City) | |||
| Anthem: "Caguas" | |||
 Location of Caguas in Puerto Rico |
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| Coordinates: 18°13′53″N 66°2′22″W / 18.23139°N 66.03944°WCoordinates: 18°13′53″N 66°2′22″W / 18.23139°N 66.03944°W | |||
| Country | United States | ||
| Territory | Puerto Rico | ||
| Founded | January 1, 1775 | ||
| Government | |||
| • Mayor | William Miranda Torres (PPD) | ||
| • Senatorial dist. | 7 | ||
| • Representative dist. | 31,32 | ||
| Area | |||
| • Total | 59.07 sq mi (153.00 km2) | ||
| • Land | 58.68 sq mi (151.97 km2) | ||
| • Water | 0.40 sq mi (1.03 km2) | ||
| Elevation | 2,110 ft (643 m) | ||
| Population (2010) | |||
| • Total | 142,893 | ||
| • Density | 2,400/sq mi (930/km2) | ||
| Demonym(s) | Cagüeños caguenses | ||
| Ethnicity(2000 Census) | |||
| • White | 84.5% | ||
| • Black | 7.8% | ||
| • American Indian/AN | 0.6% | ||
| • Asian | 0.3% | ||
| • Native Hawaiian/PI | 0.1% | ||
| Time zone | AST (UTC-4) | ||
| Zip code | 00725, 00726, 00727 | ||
| Area code(s) | +787 | ||
| Website | caguas.gov.pr | ||
Caguas (Spanish pronunciation: [ˈkaɣwas]), founded in 1775, is a city and municipality of Puerto Rico located in the Central Mountain Range of Puerto Rico, south of San Juan and Trujillo Alto, west of Gurabo and San Lorenzo, east of Aguas Buenas, Cidra, and Cayey.
Caguas is located 20 miles (32 km) (twenty minutes to an hour by car) from San Juan and 40 miles (64 km) (an hour and a half by car; it may take longer because of mountainous area in between the two cities) from Ponce. It is known as El Valle del Turabo (Turabo Valley) or La Ciudad Criolla (The Creole City) and its name originates from the Taíno cacique Caguax. Caguas is both a principal city of the San Juan-Caguas-Guaynabo Metropolitan Statistical Area and the San Juan-Caguas-Fajardo Combined Statistical Area.
Caguas was founded on January 1, 1775 as San Sebastián del Piñal de Caguax, later shortened and modernized to its current form. Caguax was a local Taíno chief and early convert to Christianity. Caguas' construction was finished in 1779, in 1820 it was declared a valley and in 1894 it became a city.
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